List of monastic houses in Bedfordshire
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The following is a list of monastic houses in Bedfordshire
, England.
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire is a ceremonial county of historic origin in England that forms part of the East of England region.It borders Cambridgeshire to the north-east, Northamptonshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the west and Hertfordshire to the south-east....
, England.
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| Beadlow Priory Beadlow Priory Beadlow Priory was a monastic foundation established between 1140 and 1146 by Robert D'Albini for a community of Benedictine monks.Around 1140 the lands of Beadlow Manor were granted to the priory at Millbrook in Hertfordshire, from where the community were moved upon the establishment of the new... |
Benedictine monks - from Milbrook Millbrook, Bedfordshire Millbrook is a small village and civil parish near Bedford. It has a population of 130. Millbrook railway station, on the Marston Vale Line is about two miles from the village.... dependent on St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire founded 1140/6 by Henry d'Albini abandoned 1435 reverted to the Crown, the buildings falling into decay thereafter |
Saint Mary Magdalen Beaulieu Priory 52.033479°N 0.389822°W |
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| Bedford Greyfriars Greyfriars, Bedford The house of the Grey, or Franciscan, Friars in Bedford, England was founded either by Mabilea de Plateshull or John St. John during the reign of King Edward II, and their church was dedicated on 3 November 1295... # |
Franciscan Friars Minor, Conventual (under the custody of Oxford); founded 1238 by Mabilea de Plateshull; dissolved c.1539; granted to John Gostwyke |
Saint Francis 52.1388484°N 0.4748422°W |
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| Bedford Abbey Bedford Abbey Bedford Abbey was a short-lived Benedictine monastery, recorded in 10th century England. Bedford Priory, perhaps representing the same institution two centuries later, was an Augustinian priory that within two decades of its foundation moved to nearby Newnham.Bedford Abbey existed in the... |
Benedictine monks founded before 971 ceased to exist decades before 1066 (possibly destroyed in raids by the Danes 1010); |
52.1293916°N 0.4675412°W |
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| Bedford Priory | Collegiate church founded before 1066; Augustinian Canons Regular founded c.1165-6 by Simon Beauchamp transferred to Newnham Newnham Priory -Foundation:The Augustinian priory of Newnham was not actually built until some time after the accession of Henry II, but it may fairly claim to be the most ancient religious foundation in Bedfordshire, in so far as it still held the church of St. Paul's and succeeded to the endowments of the... c.1080; current parish church of St Paul built on site from 14thC |
52.1354637°N 0.4675627°W |
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| Bushmead Priory Bushmead Priory The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Bushmead, commonly called Bushmead Priory, was a monastic foundation for Augustinian Canons, located at Bushmead in the County of Bedfordshire in England... ^ |
Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1195 by Hugh Beauchamp; dissolved 1536; granted to Sir William Gascoign; refectory incorporated into mansion built on site (EH English Heritage English Heritage . is an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport... ) |
The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Bushmead Bushmead Priory The Priory Church of Saint Mary, Bushmead, commonly called Bushmead Priory, was a monastic foundation for Augustinian Canons, located at Bushmead in the County of Bedfordshire in England... Bissemede Priory 52.233480°N 0.367530°W |
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| Caldwell Priory Caldwell Priory Caldwell Priory was a priory in Bedfordshire, England, from circa 1154 to 1536. It was situated in the south-west of Bedford on the south bank of the River Great Ouse.-Origins:The origin of the priory of Caldwell is somewhat obscure... # |
Holy Sepulchre monks founded c.1154 (1153) by Robert of Houghton; Augustinian Canons Regular before c.1280; dissolved 1536; granted to Thomas Leigh c.1562 |
The Priory Church of Saint John the Baptist at Caldwell Cauldwell Priory 52.1294575°N 0.4767251°W |
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| Chicksands Priory ^ | Gilbertine Canons and Canonesses - double house founded c.1154 (1147) by Pain de Beauchamp and his wife, Rose (Roese); dissolved 1538; granted to London grocer Richard Snow; cloisters incorporated into private house; Crown Property 1936; in grounds of Military base Chicksands Chicksands is a village in the Central Bedfordshire district of Bedfordshire, England and part of the civil parish of Campton and Chicksands . It is on the River Flit. Nearby places are Shefford and Campton.... to 1995; restored by MOD Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces.... 1997-8 |
Saint Mary Chicksand Priory 52.040896°N 0.366417°W |
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| Dunstable Blackfriars Dunstable Friary Dunstable Friary was a Dominican friary in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. It was located to the west of the Watling Street, between the present-day High Street South and the road that is called Friary Field.... # |
Dominican Friars (under the Visitation of Cambridge) founded 1259 at the invitation of King Henry III Henry III of England Henry III was the son and successor of John as King of England, reigning for 56 years from 1216 until his death. His contemporaries knew him as Henry of Winchester. He was the first child king in England since the reign of Æthelred the Unready... and his consort; dissolved before 8 May 1539 |
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| Dunstable Priory Dunstable Priory The Priory Church of St Peter with its monastery was founded in 1132 by Henry I for Augustinian Canons in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. St Peter’s today is a large and impressive building, but this is only the nave of what remains of an originally much larger Augustinian priory church... + |
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Augustinian Canons Regular founded 1131 (or before 1125?) by Henry I Henry I of England Henry I was the fourth son of William I of England. He succeeded his elder brother William II as King of England in 1100 and defeated his eldest brother, Robert Curthose, to become Duke of Normandy in 1106... ; dissolved 1540; granted to Sir Leonard Chamberlayne nave of church now in parochial use |
The Priory Church of Saint Peter, Dunstable Dunstable Dunstable is a market town and civil parish located in Bedfordshire, England. It lies on the eastward tail spurs of the Chiltern Hills, 30 miles north of London. These geographical features form several steep chalk escarpments most noticeable when approaching Dunstable from the north.-Etymology:In... Dunstaple Priory 51.886026°N 0.517653°W |
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| Elstow Abbey Elstow Abbey Elstow Abbey was a monastery for Benedictine nuns in Elstow, Bedfordshire, England. It was founded c.1075 by Judith, Countess of Huntingdon, a niece of William the Conqueror, and therefore is classed as a royal foundation... + |
Benedictine nuns founded 1078 by Judith, niece of William the Conqueror; dissolved 1539; granted to Sir Humphrey Radcliff c.1553; nave now in use as parish church |
The Abbey Church of Saint Mary and Saint Helena, Elstow Elstow Abbey Elstow Abbey was a monastery for Benedictine nuns in Elstow, Bedfordshire, England. It was founded c.1075 by Judith, Countess of Huntingdon, a niece of William the Conqueror, and therefore is classed as a royal foundation... 52.114947°N 0.469502°W |
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| Grovebury Priory Grovebury Priory Grovebury Priory, also known as La Grave or Grava was a priory in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England. It was established after 1189 and disestablished in 1414.-History:... , Leighton Buzzard Leighton Buzzard -Lower schools:*Beaudesert Lower School - Apennine Way*Clipstone Brook Lower School - Brooklands Drive*Greenleas Lower School - Derwent Road*Dovery Down Lower School - Heath Road*Heathwood Lower School - Heath Road*Leedon Lower School - Highfield Road... |
Fontévrault Benedictine monks alien house, cell dependent on Fontévrault manor granted after 1164 by Henry II Henry II of England Henry II ruled as King of England , Count of Anjou, Count of Maine, Duke of Normandy, Duke of Aquitaine, Duke of Gascony, Count of Nantes, Lord of Ireland and, at various times, controlled parts of Wales, Scotland and western France. Henry, the great-grandson of William the Conqueror, was the... ; founded after 1189; dissolved 1414; farmhouse built on site |
La Grave Priory; Leighton Buzzard Priory; Grovesbury Priory 51.9037717°N 0.6598234°W |
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| Hardwick Preceptory Kempston Hardwick Kempston Hardwick is a small village on the edge of the town of Kempston in Bedfordshire, England. Historically it was one of the hamlets or "ends" scattered across the parish of Kempston. It has a station on the Marston Vale Line which hit the headlines when it was revealed it only has one... # |
Knights Hospitaller founded before(?)1279 dissolved before(?)1489 |
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| Harrold Priory Harrold Priory Harrold Priory was a priory in Harrold, Bedfordshire, England. It was established in 1138 and disestablished in 1536.-History:The priory of Harrold was probably founded on land which was then a part of the honour of Huntingdon, and held by Sampson le Fort of the Scottish kings. The site of the... # |
Augustinian (Arroasian) canonesses under protection and guidance of (possibly lay) brothers alien priory, daughter of Arrouaise, Normandy founded 1138 by Sampson le Forte; ceded to Great Missenden Abbey 1177 independent 1188 dissolved 1536; granted to William Lord Parr site occupied by farmhouse and a mansion named 'Harrold Hall', built 1608-1610 |
The Priory Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Peter Saint Peter Saint Peter or Simon Peter was an early Christian leader, who is featured prominently in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. The son of John or of Jonah and from the village of Bethsaida in the province of Galilee, his brother Andrew was also an apostle... , Harrold Harwood Priory 52.1994534°N 0.6054738°W |
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| Markyate Priory | Historical county location. See entry under |
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| Melchbourne Preceptory Melchbourne Preceptory Melchbourne Preceptory was a priory in Melchbourne, Bedfordshire, England. It was established in the 12th century and disestablished around 1550.-History:... |
Knights Hospitaller founded before 1176 by Lady Alice de Claremonte, Countess of Pembroke; dissolved 1486; held by the prior of England from 1489, de facto losing its status as a preceptory; granted to John, Earl of Bedford 1550/1; restored to the Knights by Queen Mary Mary I of England Mary I was queen regnant of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.She was the only surviving child born of the ill-fated marriage of Henry VIII and his first wife Catherine of Aragon. Her younger half-brother, Edward VI, succeeded Henry in 1547... |
Melchbourne Priory; Melchburn Preceptory; Mechelburn Preceptory 52.2712563°N 0.4924536°W |
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| Millbrook Priory Millbrook Priory Millbrook Priory was a priory in Bedfordshire, England. It was established in 1097 and disestablished in 1143.The little Priory of Beaulieu at Moddry, owned land at Millbrook, where originally a small cell had been founded by Nigel de Wast, as a cell of St. Albans, but when Beaulieu was founded, as... # |
Benedictine monks priory cell, dependent on St Albans founded 1097-1119: church granted to St Albans by Nigel de Waste; transferred to (/merged with) Beadlow Beadlow Priory Beadlow Priory was a monastic foundation established between 1140 and 1146 by Robert D'Albini for a community of Benedictine monks.Around 1140 the lands of Beadlow Manor were granted to the priory at Millbrook in Hertfordshire, from where the community were moved upon the establishment of the new... 1143; dissolved 1140-6 |
Saint Michael Millbrook Cell 52.0359803°N 0.5239105°W |
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| Newnham Priory Newnham Priory -Foundation:The Augustinian priory of Newnham was not actually built until some time after the accession of Henry II, but it may fairly claim to be the most ancient religious foundation in Bedfordshire, in so far as it still held the church of St. Paul's and succeeded to the endowments of the... # |
Augustinian Canons Regular - from the collegiate church of St. Paul, Bedford (founded c.1165 at Bedford Bedford Abbey Bedford Abbey was a short-lived Benedictine monastery, recorded in 10th century England. Bedford Priory, perhaps representing the same institution two centuries later, was an Augustinian priory that within two decades of its foundation moved to nearby Newnham.Bedford Abbey existed in the... by Simon Beauchamp) transferred here c.1180; dissolved 1540; granted to Urian Brereton 1540/1 |
Saint Paul Newenham Priory; Newenham by Bedford Priory 52.140758°N 0.445118°W (approx) |
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| Pulloxhill Grange Pulloxhill Grange Pulloxhill Grange was a priory in Bedfordshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building.In 1535, Dunstable Priory received from Woburn Abbey 5s. for land it held in Pulloxhill. In 1291, the value of the abbey's estates in Pulloxhill was £7 2s... |
Augustinian Canons Regular grange of Dunstable Priory Dunstable Priory The Priory Church of St Peter with its monastery was founded in 1132 by Henry I for Augustinian Canons in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. St Peter’s today is a large and impressive building, but this is only the nave of what remains of an originally much larger Augustinian priory church... ; dissolved; granted to Sir William Pagett 1547 |
51.994315°N 0.453444°W |
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| Ruxox Cell Ruxox Cell Ruxox Cell was an Augustinian monk's cell in Bedfordshire, England.It was documented in 1189 and 1290, and was used as a retreat by resigned priors of Dunstable Priory.... |
Augustinian Canons Regular cell/chapel for retired brothers from Dunstable Dunstable Priory The Priory Church of St Peter with its monastery was founded in 1132 by Henry I for Augustinian Canons in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. St Peter’s today is a large and impressive building, but this is only the nave of what remains of an originally much larger Augustinian priory church... ; founded before 1189; dissolved after 1290 |
chapel dedicated to St Nicholas 52.012428°N 0.475647°W |
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| Turvey Abbey Turvey Abbey Turvey Abbey is an abbey located in the village of Turvey in the English county of Bedfordshire. It is dated 1605 on the north facade and 1608 on the south facade.... * |
Benedictine nuns extant; adjacent to Benedictine monastery (see immediately below) |
The Priory of Our Lady of Peace 52.161705°N 0.618389°W |
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| Turvey monastery * | Benedictine monks founded 1980; extant; adjacent to Benedictine Abbey (see immediately above) |
The Monastery of Christ our Saviour 52.161251°N 0.619199°W |
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| Warden Abbey # | Cistercian monks founded 1136 by Walter Espec; dissolved (surrendered by the abbot and monks) 4 December 1538; Elizabethan house built on site (of which exist only remnants) renovated 1974 (LT Landmark Trust The Landmark Trust is a British building conservation charity, founded in 1965 by Sir John and Lady Smith, that rescues buildings of historic interest or architectural merit and then gives them a new life by making them available for holiday rental... ) |
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Old Warden St Mary de Sartis Abbey; Old Warden Abbey; Wardon Abbey 52.081749°N 0.366583°W |
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| Woburn Abbey Woburn Abbey Woburn Abbey , near Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is a country house, the seat of the Duke of Bedford and the location of the Woburn Safari Park.- Pre-20th century :... # |
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Cistercian monks daughter of Fountains Abbey Fountains Abbey Fountains Abbey is near to Aldfield, approximately two miles southwest of Ripon in North Yorkshire, England. It is a ruined Cistercian monastery, founded in 1132. Fountains Abbey is one of the largest and best preserved Cistercian houses in England. It is a Grade I listed building and owned by the... in Yorkshire founded 28 May 1145 by Hugh de Bolebec; dissolved 1538; granted to John Lord Russell 1547/8 site now occupied by a mansion, estate and safari park |
The Abbey Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Woburn Woburn Abbey Woburn Abbey , near Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is a country house, the seat of the Duke of Bedford and the location of the Woburn Safari Park.- Pre-20th century :... 51.982858°N 0.595365°W |
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